DedicationFor Marc Satterwhite, Rick Langolf, Art Jolin
former roommates and abiding friends.
And for Janie,
who gives me more than she knows.

Reviews and Notices

1986 Nebula Award Preliminary Ballot

LOCUS Recommended Reading List

“At its best, science fiction sometimes resembles the mystery novel, investigating a puzzle of xenobiology, planetology, physics, or alien behavior. ENIGMA is a novel of this type, a search for answers to large and fascinating questions…the stuff of prime SF.”–Faren Miller, LOCUS

“Kube-McDowell has set himself that most difficult of SF tasks: future history. He is striding across generations, and yet so artfully that you are caught up in the sweep of events…The ideas are cosmic sci-fi at its best; the characters are real and interesting; and the writing will sweep you effortlessly along. Read Kube-McDowell now, so you can tell your friends you discovered him before he won his first Hugo.”–Orson Scott Card, SF&F FORUM